Boys in the Trees Page #4

You have to. We're playing Cocytus.

When exactly did someone shove a straw

up your arse and suck out all the fun?

Fine.

Hey. Can I borrow your board for a second?

- Guess you'd better go get it.

- F***!

- This is where it happened.

- What? Let me out.

Poor Edward. He was only ten years old.

I'm gonna kick you really hard in the face.

Edward's dreams were so big.

They were like universes unfolding forever.

In Edward's world, a paper plane...

...could be a turbojet...

...fighting the forces of darkness.

The trees were allies,

hiding you in their branches.

And Edward ruled it all from his island base.

And then, one summer's day,

Edward made a promise...

...here in the presence

of the masters of the universe...

...the sea monkeys and the galactic army.

He swore an oath to follow his dreams...

...no matter how ridiculous...

...to explore the shadows,

no matter how scary.

And his vow was heard.

You absolute muppet!

When you're a kid, you want to explore

and see what's hiding in the shadows...

...even if it scares the sh*t out of you.

You'll cross the bridge over Cocytus.

But...

...as people grow older,

they lose that wonder.

Scary things aren't fun anymore, just scary.

So they shut them out.

The dreams he once promised

to live were stored away in boxes...

...stored away for another day...

...and the days passed,

and the dreams were quickly forgotten.

But...

...abandon your dreams and they can become...

...resentful.

And as poor Edward let life's

little compromises accumulate...

...the gap between who he was

and who he wanted to be...

...grew larger.

And as his dreams turned to darklings...

...the sparkle faded from his eyes.

Now he sits there...

...in front of the TV, late into the night...

...with the volume turned way up.

And he knows that one day,

he'll have to pay the price...

...for breaking his promise

and abandoning his dreams.

And that price...

...is why I don't ever...

...want to grow up.

Sh*t! Get off!

Do you expect me to believe that?

Sometimes you have to pull back a piece

of reality when it gets in the way.

I think you're full of sh*t.

Take a look in the window.

You look in it.

I'm not the one that doesn't believe.

It's, what...

...twenty meters?

Then I'll let you out.

Trick or treat!

Sh*t!

Why the f*** did you do that?

- Come on. It was funny.

- You know I hate being scared.

No, I don't.

The Corey I knew loved being scared.

Halloween was his favorite day of the year.

His head was full of dreams

he was gonna live.

What happened to you?

It's called survival.

Law of the jungle.

Survival.

You clearly don't have a concussion.

Find your own way home, right?

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